[cvsh]

>or for something unrelated but mentioning 'Hey Siri, tell me about [product being sold]'.

What? Seriously? Commercials try to hijack your devices? Isn't this fairly clear-cut unauthorized access of a computer system, and therefore criminal?

[tonmoy]

I think the GP means that the commercials show how you can ask Siri to search for their product.

[latexr]

I think GP means the ads are actually trying to activate the devices:

> If Google has now searched for some random thing being sold because of that ad, then those ads will be shown to me when I browse on my computer

This isn’t unheard of. Burger King pulled that stunt to great success: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/business/burger-king-tv-a...

[ahbolinsky]

Unauthorized access? Maybe if the commercial ordered something off Amazon using Alexa on your behalf.